Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A pro-Biafra group, IPOB, has said that the flying of a military helicopter over the Orlu community in Imo State on Wednesday was a "declaration of war against the Igbos."

A video posted on Twitter showed the helicopter flying at low level, while a voice from the background is heard laughing over it.

"What is happening in Nigeria?" the voice from the background is heard saying, in the clip.

Jeff Ojinika, a former member of the House of Representatives, told PREMIUM TIMES, Thursday afternoon, he got a distress call around 6 p.m. on Wednesday about "two military helicopters carrying out aerial bombardment" in some communities situated between Imo and Anambra States.

Mr Ojinika had represented Orlu in the House of Rep...